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Flensing a Whale

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Record 1535/1708
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Catalog date 03/05/2007
Category 8: Communication Artifact
Classification People
Waterfront
Collection Bowd Osborne photos
Description A B&W photo of three men flensing a dead whale in the water next to a beach. A large crowd of people is on the beach watching. Shallow water, rocks and seaweed are visible in the background - this could be on the Neck, opposite Tinkers Island, c. 1910.
Home Location DT Box18X13 Alfa Shelf#3
Object ID 1961-002-03607
Object Name Print, Photographic
Search Terms Flensing a Whale on the beach
Sub-category Documentary Artifact
Subjects People
Beaches
Waterfronts
Whales
Crowds
Title Flensing a Whale
Year Range from 1905
Year range to 1915
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Last modified on: January 05, 2009